AJGA SHELL WORLD GOLF VILLAGE JUNIOR
CHAMPIONSHIP
Slammer & Squire at World Golf Village
St. Augustine, Florida
July 23-26, 2001

KIM TAKES EARLY LEAD IN BOYS DIVISIONAndersen leads Girls Division by one shot

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.- Hochul Kim of Clearwater,
Fla., fired a 3-under-par 69 to take a one-shot lead
over three players after the first round of the AJGA
Shell World Golf Village Junior Championship held at
The Slammer & The Squire. Brandy Andersen of Orlando,
Fla., shot a 2-over-par 74 to grab the lead in the Girls
Division.

The Shell World Golf Village Junior Championship, conducted
by the American Junior Golf Association, features 84
juniors, ages 13-18, from 12 states. Included in the
field are 46 players from Florida.

Kim carded nines of 36-33-69 for his round. He made
the turn at even-par, but recorded back-to-back birdies
on Nos. 13 and 14 and also carded a birdie on the difficult
finishing hole, the 425-yard, par-4 18th.

"I just played a very solid round," Kim said.
"On the front nine, I missed some birdie putts,
but on the back nine, I finally started to roll them
in."

Kim had 13 pars, four birdies and one bogey on his
round. The 17-year-old's only bogey of the day came
on the par-5 4th hole after he hit his ball into the
water hazard.

"I hit my drives very well, with the exception
of No. 4," Kim added. "I just tried to make
a lot of pars today, and fortunately, I was able to
do that."

Kim, who shot an 8-under-par 64 in the final round
to finish second in the AJGA PING Myrtle Beach Junior
Classic earlier in the summer, hopes to continue his
strong play tomorrow.

"I hope I can play better tomorrow," Kim
said. "It will be hard to do, because this is a
tough course. When the fairways are wet and the wind
blows like it did today, it is a very difficult course
to score well on."

Kim leads Zack Miller (36-34) of San Rafael, Calif.,
Kyle Shirley (32-38) of Fountain Run, Ky., and Chris
Kirk (34-36) of Woodstock, Ga., by one shot. The trio
is tied for second at 2-under-par 70. Joe Green III
(36-35) of Jacksonville, Fla., is in fifth at 1-under-par
71.

Brandy Andersen, who won Sunday's qualifier, took the
early lead in the Girls Division with a 2-over-par 74.
Andersen carded nines of 36-38.

Andersen was 1-over-par after a bogey on No. 6, but
birdied Nos. 8 and 12 to get to 1-under-par. She bogeyed
three of the last six holes, but was still happy with
her round.

"I feel very good about the way I played, but
know there is a lot of golf to be played," Andersen
added. "I need to hit my driver and get up-and-down
out of the sand better to have a chance the last two
days."

Andersen leads Polo Golf Junior All-American Whitney
Code of Tampa, Fla., and Jessica Castle of Plantation,
Fla., by one shot. Code fired nines of 35-40-75 and
had only 26 putts in her round, including 11 on the
front nine. Castle recorded nines of 37-38-75.

The AJGA Shell World Golf Village Junior Championship
continues Wednesday with tee times from 7:30-9:27 a.m.
off Nos. 1 and 10 tees. For more information, contact
AJGA tournament headquarters at (904) 940-8560.

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